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Teaching in the Art Museum: Interpretation as Experience

Teaching in the Art Museum: Interpretation as Experience

$30.00 at The Getty Museum.

Rika Burnham and Elliott Kai-Kee At the heart of all good art museum teaching is an effort to bring people and artworks together in meaningful ways. But what constitutes an experience of a work of art? What should be taught and why? What kinds of uniquely valuable experiences are museum educators alone equipped to provide? This book, unlike any other publication currently available, addresses these and myriad other questions and investigates the mission, history, theory, practice, and future prospects of…